diff --git a/kernel/sched.c b/kernel/sched.c
index 545c6fccd1dc7ceba0e33e33250fc38369a41fab..9a8e296959c10913af3cf180d518ed2d02a677de 100644
--- a/kernel/sched.c
+++ b/kernel/sched.c
@@ -8060,7 +8060,7 @@ static SYSDEV_CLASS_ATTR(sched_smt_power_savings, 0644,
 		   sched_smt_power_savings_store);
 #endif
 
-int sched_create_sysfs_power_savings_entries(struct sysdev_class *cls)
+int __init sched_create_sysfs_power_savings_entries(struct sysdev_class *cls)
 {
 	int err = 0;